Ad Block Attitudes

This page is the heart of the survey, and aims to capture your feedback related to ad block. It has been designed to take less than 5 minutes to fill out.

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* 1. Do you currently measure the percentage of your visitors using ad block?

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* 3. What is the likelihood of your implementing each of the following solutions to cope with ad blocking

  0 - Extremely Unlikely to Implement 1 -  2 -  3 - Unlikely to Implement 4 -  5 - Still Deciding 6 -  7 - Likely to Implement 8 -  9 -  10 - Extremely Likely to Implement N/A
Ad Block Circumvention/Delivering Ads to Ad Block Users
Paying an Ad Block company a "whitelisting" fee to enable delivery of ads
Messaging/Appeals to Ad Block Users to Disable Ad Blocker
Content Locking / Preventing Users from Accessing Content
Single Site Subscription
Micro-Payments (pay per piece of content)
Offering Users an Ad-Free or Ad-Light Subscription
Participation in Multi-Publisher Subscription Service / "Spotify" For Content

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* 4. If you have already implemented solutions to cope with ad blocking, what is your level of satisfaction with your current solution?

  0 - Extremely Unsatisfied 1 -  2 -  3 - Unsatisfied 4 -  5 - Neutral 6 -  7 - Satisfied 8 -  9 -  10 - Extremely Satisfied I have not implemented
Ad Block Circumvention/Delivering Ads to Ad Block Users
Paying an Ad Block company a "whitelisting" fee to enable delivery of ads
Messaging/Appeals to Ad Block Users to Disable Ad Blocker
Content Locking / Preventing Users from Accessing Content
Paywall/Single Site Subscription
Micro-Payments (pay per piece of content)
Participation in Multi-Publisher Subscription Service / "Spotify" For Content

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* 6. Thinking about your company's advertising efforts, please answer the following questions regarding ad block users

  0 - Strongly Disagree 1 -  2 -  3 - Disagree 4 - 5 - Neutral 6 -  7 - Agree 8 -  9 -  10 - Strongly Agree Not Applicable
I believe ad block users are a highly valuable audience segment to serve ads to
I believe advertisers will want to target ads to ad block users

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* 7. In the next 12 to 18 months, what is the likelihood of your working with each of the following solutions for monetization

  0 - Extremely Unlikely to Work With 1 -  2 -  3 - Unlikely to Work With 4 -  5 - Still Deciding 6 -  7 - Likely to Work With 8 -  9 -  10 - Extremely Likely to Work With Not Familiar With This
Facebook Instant Articles
Google Contributor
Apple News
Twitter Instant Articles
Google AMP
Brave Browser Ad Network
Flattr Plus (Adblock Plus/Flattr Partnership)

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* 8. For each of the factors listed below, indicate your view as to their role in contributing to ad block growth?

  0 - Definitely Not Responsible 1 -  2 -  3 - Partially Responsible 4 -  5 - Neutral 6 -  7 - Responsible 8 -  9 -  10 - Very Much Responsible Not Applicable
Poor Quality Ads
Slow Page Load
Too Many Ads
Video Ads
Privacy Concerns
Greater Awareness of Ad Blocking

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* 9. How strongly do you agree with these ad block related factors being issues your company will face in the future?

  0 - Not Concerned at All 1 -  2 -  3 -Mildly Concerned 4 -  5 - Neutral 6 -  7 - Concerned 8 -  9 -  10 - Extremely Concerned Not Applicable
Wireless carrier-level ad blocking
Web Browsers enabling ad blocking by default
Institutional ad blocking by schools, corporations, etc.
More mobile users downloading ad block extensions

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* 10. If you were going to charge consumers a monthly fee to access your content, what do you think an appropriate monthly price would be?

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* 11. How much per month do you think consumers would pay to access your site's content?

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* 12. Ad Blocking has been a significant point of discussion in industry trades and publications.  In an effort to separate hype from reality, please answer the following questions

  0 - Strongly Disagree 1 -  2 -  3 - Disagree 4 -  5 - Neutral 6 -  7 - Agree 8 -  9 -  10 - Strongly Agree
The growing use of ad blockers is a significant threat to my business

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* 13. Any other comments you'd like to add?

 
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